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Bactria - The Greco-Bactrians has been overrun by invading Yuezhi

Time: 135 BC

Place: Takhar, Afghanistan

Details: The Greco-Bactrians, also known in Sanskrit as Yavanas, worked in cooperation with the native Bactrian aristocracy. By about 135 BCE, however, this kingdom had been overrun by invading Yuezhi tribes, an invasion that later brought about the rise of the powerful Kushan Empire.

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